Tufael was formerly Project Director of a private equity company, where he was responsible for the strategic planning of resources, systems, processes and procedures for each of the group’s companies. He was also a key advisor to the board of directors, providing strategic input on operational decisions as well as technology-focussed potential investments.

Previously, Tufael has been involved in technology for over 20 years, having co-owned and built two technology companies, one in solutions and the other in software. He shared responsibility for building them from the ground up and is well suited to providing advice to startups and growing businesses.

Tufael now works as a freelance consultant to SMEs who require support on business strategy and operational activities, in particular organisations that have a critical technological element. He is also passionate about local communities and their engagement with civil society. He contributes to a number of community-based organisations in his spare time.

Sue worked in health care, community development and television before joining The Body Shop International where she became the uniquely titled General Manager for Company Culture, an organization development role. In that role Sue was responsible for ensuring that the experience of those who worked for the company and therefore the culture, was aligned with The Body Shop’s high profile external image. Her department covered employee wellbeing, volunteering, celebrations and managing change. Having held internal responsibility for organisation development, Sue then went on to consult on OD and to set up “Hot Brushes “a business specializing in using the visual arts in organisations.

Sue then joined Roffey Park where she was the Director for the Organisational Development Practionner Programme for six years. Creating the environment in which voices can be heard has been central to Sue’s work; she is a qualified coach, mentor and facilitator, has run more than 100 large group interventions across all business sectors and specializes in participative ways of working. Sue has run her own consultancy business for the last six years, finding delight in, working in Asia where she is an advisor to the Civil Service College and in the UK supporting the introduction of Buurtzorg a Netherlands based healthcare model. Sue is an active supporter of Freedom from Torture and the creator of the Living Advent Calendar for them.

Extensive experience in project management, administration and events management for an international NGO and several charities in the UK with a focus on young people and employability.

Judith worked at City Gateway, an East London Charity and Alternative Provision Free School that offers training for young people and women, starts social enterprises to serve the local community and builds partnerships with a wide range of firms and community organisations to help people into employment. Judith joined City Gateway in 2010 as Personal Assistant to the CEO, moving roles to Senior Executive Administrator in 2013 where she led a team of Personal and Executive Assistants, as well as supporting the Senior Executive Team and Governance. As part of her time at City Gateway, Judith supported the CEO and Senior Executive Team through the Ladder for London Campaign in conjunction with the Evening Standard newspaper, the goal of which was to create 1000 new apprenticeship placements.

More recently Judith coordinated The Young Foundation’s “MY100 Conference” in November 2015 and formed an integral part of the event team leading on UpRising’s national fundraiser in February 2016.

Judith has a passion for languages, in which she obtained a BA degree from Queen’s University of Belfast. Her love of languages and further studies in European Business Administration led her to work in Spain for 10 years as Personal Assistant to the International Director of an NGO, World Horizons International.

Zahid’s professional background includes nearly 10 years at companies such as Cap Gemini E&Y, Morgan Stanley, and J.P. Morgan. Primarily in financial control, Zahid’s strong deliverables saw him quickly selected for JP Morgan’s Management Development program.

Since completing an MBA in 2010, Zahid keenly engages in social impact initiatives and startups. He first managed the Dubai arm of an inaugural global CSR initiative, which today is known as The Hult Prize and partnered with the Clinton Global Initiative. Hult IBS was a fledgling business school at the time, for which Zahid was Founder and Global Lead of its largest student initiative. For 5 years, he independently grew the leadership to serve 3,000+ across 5 international cities. Just one of its many unique achievements is the raising of what remains a school-record $35,000 for charity.

Most recently Zahid was a Business Development Consultant for a startup working closely with charities globally to explore feasibility of providing specific dietary requirements. Successful projects have been implemented in Bangladesh, Rohingya, Syria, and soon in Yemen.

Katie has led volunteer-led youth programmes within the charity and non-profit sector, striving to create opportunities where young people can realize their potential. Her work has included leading the STEM Ambassador programme for Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull, where she recruited, trained and motivated industry professionals to inspire young people to pursue careers in STEM subjects, as well as three years at The ATE Trust where she organised, promoted and delivered a multi-site programme of summer camps for 400 children annually as well as a programme of term-time residential holidays, events and training courses. As board member (non-executive director) for The

Wild Network (2014-16), she was a trusted advisor to the CEO, where she supported the development and implementation of the long-term strategy and reviewed its performance.

A keen volunteer herself, she has volunteered with The ATE Trust for over 10 years, delivering and their summer camp holidays and running training courses. She also speaks Italian and Spanish, and formerly worked professionally as a translator.

After working in the corporate sector for two and a half years, Nashila left her job in finance to embark upon a new adventure teaching English in South Korea.

Her experience abroad instilled in her a desire to help young people, as she has always had an interest in making a social change through education and is passionate about wanting to alleviate inequalities.

With a history of working to improve the rights and opportunities of refugees and asylum seekers in the UK Isobel has strong skills in project management, campaigns and event organisation.

During her time studying Neuroscience at the University of Bristol, Isobel worked closely with Student Action for Refugees (STAR). As Bristol STAR President Isobel was responsible for the for the recruitment and management of volunteers and encouraging attendance of local refugees and asylum seekers to the three STAR volunteering projects. Working closely with external partners Isobel designed and delivered training to each volunteer, including safeguarding training and project inductions.

In a previous role as Bristol STAR Equal Access Coordinator, Isobel worked with representatives from the University of Bristol, local politicians and similar refugee organisations in Bristol to campaign for and develop a scholarship scheme for asylum seekers to attend the University. Equal Access is a campaign to ensure that people in the UK seeking refugee protection have equal access to higher education and can join university as equals. This work came to fruition when in June 2016 the Sanctuary Scholarship scheme was announced, offering 10 scholarships for those coming from refugee and asylum seeking backgrounds.

Isobel previously worked for RB as an Archive Assistant and is currently a Child.org Charity Fast-Tracker